Core modules

Announcements Feed module

Announcements Feed module provides a feed of Drupal project and Drupal Association announcements in core

• Announcements Feed Development and Testing
• Announcements Feed module overview

Automated Cron module

Provides an automated way to run cron jobs, by executing them at the end of a server response.

Ban module

Enables banning of IP addresses.

• Ban module overview

BigPipe module

Documentation for the Drupal 8 BigPipe module

• Overview
• BigPipe environment requirements

Block module

Controls the visual building blocks a page is constructed with. Blocks are boxes of content rendered into an area, or region, of a web page.

• Working with blocks

Breakpoint module

Manage breakpoints and breakpoint groups for responsive designs.

• Breakpoint module

CKEditor 5 module

WYSIWYG editing for rich text fields. A modern replacement for the CKEditor module. 

• CKEditor 5 development
• Modifying CKEditor 5 JS plugins' configuration
• Testing the CKEditor 4 to 5 upgrade path
• Upgrade coordination for modules providing CKEditor 4 plugins
• Upgrading modules extending CKEditor 4 to support CKEditor 5

Comment module

Allows users to comment on and discuss published content.

• Administering and approving comments
• Detailed comment documentation
• User permissions for comments
• Administering a content type's comment settings
• Adding fields to the comments for a content type

Configuration Manager module

Allows administrators to manage configuration changes.

Configuration Translation module

Provides a translation interface for configuration.

Contact module

Enables the use of both personal and site-wide contact forms.

• Contact module overview

Content moderation module

Documentation for the Drupal 8 'Content moderation' module.

• Overview

Content Translation module

Allows users to translate content entities.

• Overview

Contextual Links module

Provides contextual links to perform actions related to elements on a page.

• Working with contextual links

Custom Block module

Allows the creation of custom blocks through the user interface.

• Custom Block overview

Custom Menu Links module

Allows administrators to create custom menu links.

• Custom Menu Links overview

Database Logging module

Logs and records system events to the database.

• Dblog module overview

Datetime module

Defines datetime form elements and a datetime field type.

• Datetime overview

Datetime range module

Documentation for the Drupal 8 'Datetime range' module.

• Overview

Dynamic Page Cache module

Caches pages for any user, handling dynamic content correctly.

• Dynamic Page Cache overview

Field module

Field API to add fields to entities like nodes and users.

• Field module overview

Field UI module

User interface for the Field API.

• Overview

File module

Defines a file field type.

• File module overview

Filter module

Filters content in preparation for display.

• Filter module overview

Help module

Manages the display of online help.

• Help Module Overview

History module

Records which user has read which content.

• History module overview

HTTP Basic Authentication module

Provides the HTTP Basic authentication provider.

• HTTP Basic Authentication overview

Image module

Defines an image field type and provides image manipulation tools.

• Working with images

Inline Form Errors module

Makes form errors more accessible and user friendly by placing the error messages next to the form elements

• Overview

Internal Page Cache module

Caches pages for anonymous users. Use when an external page cache is not available.

JSON:API module

If you’ve argued about the way your JSON responses in a decoupled project should be formatted, JSON:API is your anti-bikeshedding tool.

• JSON:API
• Glossary of Terms
• API Overview
• Core Concepts
• Filtering
• Includes
• Pagination
• Sorting
• Revisions
• Translations
• GET, POST, PATCH and DELETE
• Fetching resources (GET)
• Creating new resources (POST)
• Removing existing resources (DELETE)
• Updating existing resources (PATCH)
• Customizing Resources
• File Uploads
• JSON:API vs. core's REST module
• What JSON:API DOESN'T do
• JSON:API Extras
• Security considerations

Layout Builder module

Drupal's Layout Builder makes it easy and quick to create visual layouts to display content.

• Layout Builder overview
• Creating Layout Defaults
• Creating Layout Overrides
• Building Layouts Using the Layout Builder UI
• Additional modules
• Theming and Extending
• Layout Builder and Content Translation
• Security considerations

Link module

Provides a simple link field type.

• Link module overview

Media module

A collection of information about the media module

• Media module overview
• Creating and configuring Media Types
• Setting up private access to Media items
• FAQ - Transition from Media Entity to Media in core
• Creating a custom MediaSource plugin for external assets

Media Library module

Adds features that make it easier to create, find and use media items.

• Overview
• The Media Library field widget
• Embedding media with CKEditor 4
• Embedding media with CKEditor 5
• Administering the media library
• Customizing the media library

Menu UI module

Allows administrators to customize the site navigation menu.

• Overview
• Menu Configuration
• Adding a link to a menu

Migrate module

Documentation for the core Migrate module in Drupal 8-10.

• Migrate overview

Migrate Drupal module

Documentation for the Drupal core Migrate Drupal module.

• Migrate Drupal overview
• Migrate Drupal: framework for migrating from Drupal to Drupal

Migrate Drupal UI module

Documentation for the Drupal 8 core Migrate Drupal UI module.

• Migrate Drupal UI overview

MySQL module

The MySQL module provides the connection between Drupal and a MySQL, MariaDB or equivalent database.

Node module

Allows content to be submitted to the site and displayed on pages.

• About Nodes
• Uses

Options module

Defines selection, check box and radio button widgets for text and numeric fields.

• Options module overview

Path module

Allows users to rename URLs.

• Path module overview

PostgreSQL module

The PostgreSQL module provides the connection between Drupal and a PostgreSQL database

Responsive Image module

Provides an image formatter and breakpoint mappings to output responsive images using the HTML5 picture tag.

Password Compatibility module

The password compatibility module provides the password checking algorithm used with Drupal prior to version 10.1.x.

Navigation module

Documentation for the admin Navigation module.

RESTful Web Services module

Exposes entities and other resources as RESTful web API.

• RESTful Web Services module overview
• Getting started: REST configuration & REST request fundamentals
• GET for reading content entities
• POST for creating content entities
• PATCH for updating content entities
• OAuth patch example
• DELETE for deleting content entities
• GET on Views-generated lists
• JavaScript and Drupal 8 RESTful Web Services
• More info and resources for Drupal 8.x REST API
• Using other authentication protocols

Search module

Enables site-wide keyword searching

• Search module overview

Serialization module

Provides a service for (de)serializing data to/from formats such as JSON and XML.

• Overview

Settings Tray module

Documentation for the Drupal 8 Settings Tray module

• Overview

Shortcut module

Allows users to manage customizable lists of shortcut links.

• Shortcut Module Overview

SQLite module

Provides a database driver for SQLite.

Syslog module

Logs and records system events to syslog.

• Syslog module overview

System module

Handles general site configuration for administrators.

• System: cron and caching

Taxonomy module

Enables the categorization of content.

• Taxonomy module overview

Telephone module

Defines a field type for telephone numbers.

• Telephone module overview

Testing module

Provides a framework for unit and functional testing.

• Testing module overview

Text Editor module

Provides a means to associate text formats with text editor libraries such as WYSIWYGs or toolbars.

• Overview

Text module

Defines simple text field types.

• Text module overview

Toolbar module

Provides a toolbar that shows the top-level administration menu items and links from other modules.

• Working with the toolbar

Update module

Documentation for the Drupal 8 core Update module.

• Update Status module overview

User module

Manages the user registration and login system.

• User module overview

Views module

Create customized lists and queries from your database.

• Views overview
• Add a contextual filter to a view
• Add a display to a view
• Add a field to a view
• Add a filter to a view
• Add a relationship to a view
• Configure Views for debugging
• Create a simple block view
• Create a simple page view
• Customize the output style of a view field
• Disable Views caching
• Expose a filter to site visitors
• Give a custom name to a field in the Views edit screen
• Give a custom name to a filter in the Views Edit screen
• Manage display settings for the Views configuration screen
• Manage your views collection
• Rewrite the output of a view field
• The Views UI module
• Math in rewrite result in Views

Views UI module

Administrative interface for Views.

Workflows module

User Interface and API for managing content workflows.

• Workflows overview